A Psychosocial Intervention for Bereaved Spousal Caregivers of Persons With Dementia

NCT02672800 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 15-313
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 16
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a writing intervention (Reclaiming Yourself), intended to facilitate bereavement for spousal caregivers whose partners died with dementia.

Conditions

Dementia; Bereavement

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Inventory of Daily Widowed Life (IDWL)- change at 1 and 2 months post-intervention

  Measure of finding balance in bereavement

  The measure will be administered pre-intervention, 1 month following the introduction of the intervention, and 2 months following the introduction of the intervention

• Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale- Revised (CESD-R)- change at 1 and 2 months post-intervention

  Measure of depressive symptoms

  The measure will be administered pre-intervention, 1 month following the introduction of the intervention, and 2 months following the introduction of the intervention

• Texas Revised Inventory of Grief, Present Feelings- change at 1 and 2 months post-intervention

  Measure of grief

  The measure will be administered pre-intervention, 1 month following the introduction of the intervention, and 2 months following the introduction of the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Semi-structured qualitative evaluation interviews

  Post intervention (after 1 month)

Study Arms (2)

Writing intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: the Reclaiming Yourself tool

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

the Reclaiming Yourself tool BEHAVIORAL

This tool is a behavioural writing intervention, intended to facilitate bereavement for spousal caregivers of persons with dementia

Writing intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• bereaved for three months or longer
• were a caregiver for their spouse with advanced dementia
• English speaking
• willing and able to share their bereavement experience

You may not qualify if:

• those with other than a spousal relationship to the person with dementia
• spousal caregivers of persons with another terminal disease
• those bereaved less than 3 months
• those unable to provide consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Saskatchewan: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7J3Z1, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dementia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Shelley Peacock, RN, PhD

  University of Saskatchewan

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor, College of Nursing

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 28, 2016
• First Posted: February 3, 2016
• Study Start: March 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2017
• Study Completion: March 1, 2018
• Last Updated: May 4, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-05

Locations

CA (1)